Μέγαρα

See also: Μεγάρα and μέγαρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέγᾰρον (mégaron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.ɡa.ra/ → /ˈme.ɣa.ra/ → /ˈme.ɣa.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.ɡa.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ɡa.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ra/

Proper noun

Μέγᾰρᾰ • (Mégara) n (genitive Μεγᾰ́ρων); second declension

1. Megara, Megaris (a town in Attica, Greece)

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ; τῶν Μεγᾰ́ρων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ tà Mégara
Genitive	τῶν Μεγᾰ́ρων tôn Megárōn
Dative	τοῖς Μεγᾰ́ροις toîs Megárois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Μέγᾰρᾰ tà Mégara
Vocative	Μέγᾰρᾰ Mégara
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μεγαράδε (Megaráde)
• Μεγᾰρεύς (Megareús)
• Μεγαρικός (Megarikós)
• Μεγᾰρίς (Megarís)
• Μεγαρόθεν (Megaróthen)
• Μεγαροῖ (Megaroî)

 

Related terms

• Μέγαρα Ὑβλαία (Mégara Hublaía)

Descendants

• Greek: Μέγαρα (Mégara)
• Latin: Megara

References

• “Μέγαρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μέγαρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Μέγαρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μέγαρα (Mégara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɣaɾa/

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• Hyphenation: Μέ‧γα‧ρα

Proper noun

Μέγαρα • (Mégara) n pl

1. Megara (a town in Attica, Greece)

Declension

	plural
nominative	Μέγαρα (Mégara)
genitive	Μεγάρων (Megáron)
accusative	Μέγαρα (Mégara)
vocative	Μέγαρα (Mégara)

Derived terms

• Μεγαρίτης m (Megarítis, “male from Megara”)
• Μεγαρεύς m (Megaréfs, “male from Megara”) (formal)
• Μεγαρίτισσα f (Megarítissa, “female from Megara”)
• μεγαρίτικος (megarítikos) (adjective)
• μεγαρικός (megarikós) (adjective)

Further reading

• Μέγαρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el